ALLENTOWN, Pa.- With the deadline looming to remove skill games, some officials are proposing a bill that would tax skill games to provide property tax relief.
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General is advising business owners with “skill games” terminals to remove them by Oct. 14, after a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court.
Business owners who don’t take compliance steps by that date risk the machines being seized on their property, Attorney General Dave Sunday said in a news release.
Russ Diamond, the Republican representative from Lebanon County, introduced two bills that would allow bars, restaurants and qualified truck stops to have five skill games machines.
It would also tack on a 20 percent tax on these machines.
“House Bill 2801 and House Bill 2802, which would give homeowner in Pennsylvania, well 96% of homeowners in Pennsylvania, will get more property tax relief out of gaming revenue if these bills passed,” Diamond explained.
Diamond asks you to call your legislators to vote for this bill.